Super Typhoon Goni batters Philippines, one million evacuated

Weather agency forecasts 'catastrophic violent winds' and intense rains as Goni slams into eastern Philippines.

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Kerala Blasters: Bakary Kone - I expect to play every game

Kerala Blasters have an experienced defender in their ranks and he is expecting to feature regularly...

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ISL 2020-21: FC Goa, Hyderabad and East Bengal head in with six foreigners

Robbie Fowler, however, has hinted that East Bengal might sign a seventh foreigner...

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Will the Premier League continue during lockdown?

After the 2019-20 season was interrupted due to the virus, it appears the competition might be able keep going this time around

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Georgia’s governing party ‘leads in early vote count’

Opposition protests as early count shows governing Georgian Dream leading in Saturday's parliamentary vote.

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Ten Hag equals Cruyff record with Ajax in Eredivisie

The Dutch manager has his side firing in front of goal as they brought up 20 goals in the space of just three games

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India couple bullied for intimate wedding photoshoot

Indian couple trolled for intimate post-wedding photoshoot refuses to give in to bullies.

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Koeman 'worried' as Barcelona's poor La Liga run continues

The Dutchman concedes things aren't going great as he singled out his attack for failing to make the most of their dominance

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Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Human cost of two nations fighting for 'Motherland'

The stories of families who have lost sons in the latest territorial war over Nagorno-Karabakh.

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How the controversial Nile dam might fix Sudan's floods

Egypt and Ethiopia are at loggerheads over the mega dam, with Sudan literally stuck in the middle.

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'My parents had hearts of gold, they didn't deserve it'

How people are dealing with the effects of coronavirus in one New York neighbourhood.

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How I talk to the victims of conspiracy theories

The BBC's specialist disinformation reporter explains how to help people who've fallen down the rabbit hole.

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The Miraculous Love Kids: Street kids changing their lives with guitars

The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson is just one star who's recorded with a group of girls from Afghanistan.

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Belarus protests: The turtle 'anthem' protesters sing in Belarus

How music has featured prominently in the protests calling for President Lukashenko to step down.

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Picture of the day for November 1, 2020

Old choir at St Paul's Cathedral in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Learn more.

Setien: My Barcelona fate was sealed before 8-2 humiliation

The ex-Betis boss lasted less than a year at Camp Nou before being removed from his post in the wake of August's Champions League meltdown

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'We are angry!' - Griezmann fuming after Barcelona fail to beat 10-man Alaves

The French striker found the back of the net but was unable to inspire his side to victory and a much-needed three points

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US Election 2020: Biden and Trump in last weekend dash round swing states

Joe Biden is in Michigan while Donald Trump arrives in Pennsylvania, both key to the White House race.

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Asamoah Gyan signs for Ghanaian Premier League side Legon Cities

The 34-year-old Black Stars great will play in the domestic top flight for the first time in 17 years

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'Who am I to change him?!' - Ex-Barcelona coach Setien admits Messi is 'difficult to manage'

The former Real Betis boss lasted just six months in the Camp Nou hot seat and admitted there are things he could have done differently

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Transfer news and rumours LIVE: Liverpool monitoring teenage Ajax star Schuurs

Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and around the world

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Mbappe taken off as a precaution, confirms Tuchel

PSG are without Neymar but are unlikely to see Mbappe join him on the casualty list despite withdrawing early from Saturday's clash

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Asamoah Gyan: Legon Cities beat Asante Kotoko to sign Ghana legend

The 34-year-old makes a return to the Ghana Premier League for the first time since 2003

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Far from home, Rohingya refugees face a new peril on a remote island

Bangladesh has begun relocating hundreds of refugees to a small remote island, against their will.

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US election 2020: The Asians who are rooting for Trump to win

Some people in Asia see Donald Trump as their man to stand up to China - and nervously hope he'll be re-elected.

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The Kashmir journalists 'harassed' and 'questioned' for doing their job

The BBC speaks to journalists in the region who say doing their job has become increasingly difficult.

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The 400,000 seafarers who can't go home

Unions say Covid has in effect trapped thousands of seafarers on ships - waiting to go home.

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Climate change: You've got cheap data, how about cheap power too?

The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years. Could green energy see a similar revolution?

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Ronaldo endorses Kaizen philosophy - so what is it and how has it helped the Juventus star?

The Juventus superstar has revealed his love for a Japanese belief system that preaches patiences and productivity

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Real Madrid on US TV: How to watch and live stream La Liga matches

Zinedine Zidane's team continues its title defence this weekend with a home clash against struggling Huesca

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Scared but socially distant in a Tokyo 'haunted house'

Could this zombie-inspired experience be for people who want to be frightened but be Covid-19 safe?

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US election 2020: Trump is in the fight of his political life

In the throes of an epoch-defining election, those looking for a healing process will be disappointed.

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US election 2020: Fact-checking Trump and Biden's final week

The presidential campaigns are coming to an end. We've fact-checked the candidates' latest claims.

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Journalist murdered in Mexico, sixth this year: governor

49-year-old journalist and TV host, Arturo Alba Medina, was assassinated a few minutes after the end of his show.

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Barcelona on US TV: How to watch and live stream La Liga matches

Ronald Koeman's side was stunned at home by Real Madrid last weekend and needs to bounce back with a win against Alaves

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Arteta out to end Arsenal's Old Trafford hoodoo against Man Utd

The Spanish tactician is hopeful his side can bounce back from a recent league defeat and claim a rare victory at a venue they tend to struggle at

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Coronavirus: Slovakia holds national test but president calls for delay

Everyone in Slovakia over the age of 10 is to be tested for Covid - but the president is sceptical.

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Covid: Belgium announces return to national lockdown

Non-essential shops will close until mid-December to help curb the highest infection rate in Europe.

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US election: What Latino first-time voters want

Every 30 seconds, a Latino in the US turns 18 and becomes eligible to vote.

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Berlin airport opens... 10 years late

Berlin's new airport is finally opening to the public, 10 years behind schedule and billions over budget.

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US claims Iranian hackers accessed voter information

Iranian officials have denied hacking claims, saying it makes no difference whether Trump or Biden wins US elections.

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Twitter unfreezes NY Post’s account after Republican backlash

Social media platform had blocked the newspaper's ability to tweet after it published articles about Joe Biden's son.

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Picture of the day for October 31, 2020

Lutheran Parish Church of Hallstatt, Upper Austria. Learn more.

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OFFICERS AMBUSHED: Two New Orleans cops shot at in French Quarter

10/30/20 5:30 PM

Transfer news and rumours LIVE: Man City beat Man Utd to Stevanovic

Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and around the world

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'Lack of leadership' - Klopp and Guardiola slam Premier League over substitutes rule

The two respected coaches have accused the governing body of making a mistake by not allowing five changes per game

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Video: Mourinho slams Spurs players after abject defeat in Antwerp

The Tottenham manager poured scorn on his players after fell to a disappointing 1-0 defeat at Royal Antwerp

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Video: LaLiga Round 8 - Fati searching for birthday goal

The key stats and talking points ahead of the latest round of LaLiga fixtures.

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How to watch Premier League in India: TV, live stream, fixtures & teams

With the Premier League 2020-21 campaign underway behind closed doors, Goal tells you how to catch all the action...

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Why the humble text message is still a campaign weapon

Every election campaign uses more sophisticated tech, but the text message still cuts through.

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Indian brands reckon with a new challenge: hate

It's an unusual moment for India's corporate culture, which has shied away from political activism.

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Oil firm whistleblower trapped in Croatian holiday hell

A British lawyer exposed huge oil industry corruption - and now Monaco wants him extradited.

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New Zealand votes ‘yes’ to legalisation of euthanasia

Preliminary results show more than 65.2 percent in favour of allowing people with terminal illnesses to end their lives.

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‘We deserved success’ – Koulibaly on Napoli’s victory over Real Sociedad

The Blues center back praised his side’s performance against the Spaniards and feels they were worthy of all three points

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'We have to help him' - Arteta eager to guide Pepe towards consistency

The winger scored a wonderful goal against Dundalk but also frustrated in Arsenal's 3-0 win

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New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia

The preliminary results of a referendum on assisted dying show 65.2% voted "yes" to enforcing a law on euthanasia.

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Armenians on the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenian mothers fear for sons on the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides suffer heavy casualties.

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Covid-19: Record traffic out of Paris as second French lockdown begins

Jams stretched more than 430 miles (700km) in total just hours before new measures came into force.

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Australian on Qatar flight where women ‘invasively examined' left 'terrified'

A woman on the same flight as "invasively examined" female passengers feared a "hostage situation".

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Walmart pulls guns from display over 'civil unrest' concerns

Walmart has removed gun and ammunition displays from its stores citing concerns of "civil unrest".

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Quiz of the week: Which Borat slogan did Kazakhstan embrace?

How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on during the past seven days?

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Africa's week in pictures: 23 - 29 October 2020

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

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The Stream election special: A live preview of US 2020

We look ahead to polling day with some of the people most impacted by the outcome.

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US Election 2020: Trump and Biden duel in critical state of Florida

Democrat Biden's lead over the US president is narrower in must-win states, with Florida a key prize.

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Coronavirus hardship in Mexico, Nigeria and Bangladesh

Three people from around the world who lost their jobs during the pandemic explain how it has affected their lives.

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Picture of the day for October 30, 2020

A female Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus near Lake Baringo, Kenya. Lake Baringo is one of the two large freshwater lakes in Kenya's Great Rift Valley. Learn more.

Transfer news and rumours LIVE: Man Utd willing to double Calhanoglu's wages

Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and around the world

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Slavia Prague boss Trpisovsky hails Olayinka’s heroic display against Bayer Leverkusen

The Nigeria international has been praised by his boss after scoring the only goal that handed his side victory at Sinobo Stadium

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Pioli explains half-time Ibrahimovic substitution in Milan's Europa League win

The Swede did not come out on to the pitch for the second half - but his head coach insists it was all part of the plan

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Tony Chung: Hong Kong activist detained near US embassy charged

Tony Chung was detained as he reportedly planned to claim asylum at the US consulate.

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Germany does not believe Thai king breached state business ban

Thai protesters have accused the king of conducting state business, including signing royal decrees, on German soil.

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'Our best game of the season' - Koeman praises Barcelona after win against Juventus

The Blaugrana made it back-to-back wins in Europe, much to the delight of their head coach

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'Messi is the Harry Potter of football' - Vieri says he will throw his TV away when Barcelona star retires

The Italian legend described the Blaugrana icon as a magician after Barca's win against the Old Lady

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Football on TV this week: Matches to watch & live stream in India today, tomorrow & this weekend

Goal lists out the television listings of all the major football activity from across the world

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New Zealand euthanasia bill set to get nod after referendum

New Zealanders were asked whether they supported a bill allowing people with terminal illnesses to end their lives.

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US Election 2020: Trump slams lockdowns, Biden accuses him of insulting victims

The president says Mr Biden will cancel family gatherings, while the Democrat pledges to follow science.

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US election: 'Our kids died in the Parkland shooting, but we disagree on guns'

The parents of two Parkland victims share different views on the issue of gun violence in the US.

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US election 2020: What to look out for on election night

Americans will pick their next president on 3 November. Here's what to look for as results roll in.

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WATCH: Joe Biden's brother Jim refuses to answer questions about family’s business dealings

10/28/20 6:16 PM

'I sound like Donald Trump!' - Celtic boss Lennon unhappy with 'fake news'

The manager has been the subject of dismissal rumours which, along with criticism of his squad, he has not taken lying down

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Van de Beek can be Man Utd's answer to Thomas Muller, says Hargreaves

The Netherlands international is still waiting for his first Premier League start but played over an hour of Wednesday's Champions League drubbing

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Al-Qaeda still 'heavily embedded' within Taliban in Afghanistan, UN official warns

A senior UN official says the Taliban is still tied to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, in spite of US deal.

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Mali Radisson Blu attack: Two Islamists sentenced to death

Two Islamists are convicted of carrying out two attacks targeting foreigners, in which 25 people died.

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Animal Crossing: 'My sister lives on in a video game'

Tending to her sister's virtual town in Animal Crossing helps Meredith Myers keep her memory alive and cope with her grief.

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End Sars protests: 'I felt I was going to die there'

Ephraim, a British-Nigerian activist at the heart of the End Sars protests in Lagos, talks about what he saw.

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US Election 2020: Will America's race issue decide the next president?

The BBC's Clive Myrie goes to the crucial state of Arizona, where black votes could decide who wins.

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Vote cancellations trigger outrage among Myanmar minority voters

Some 1.5 million people denied their vote in November 9 poll in move experts worry will increase further alienation.

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Picture of the day for October 29, 2020

Anglichanka Rock (Anglichanka literally means "English woman"), a protected natural area in Buryatia, Russia. Learn more.

Transfer news and rumours LIVE: Barcelona and Man Utd battle for Ajax talent Gravenberch

Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and around the world

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Rashford sets new Champions League record with quick-fire hat-trick against RB Leipzig

The England international came off the bench to produce a stunning performance that etched his name in the record books

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Neymar could miss PSG's next few games through injury, fears Tuchel

The Brazilian was taken off during Wednesday's win over Istanbul Basaksehir and his coach provided an update after the game

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Super-sub Franck Boli scores as Ferencvaros hold Dynamo Kyiv

The Ivorian forward came off the bench to make a significant contribution for the Green and Whites at Groupama Arena

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Going off on the high seas: Shipping urged to cut food waste

'Logistical failures' that waste food during transportation can be solved using IT, Singapore port operator says.

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Football on TV this week: Matches to watch & live stream in India today, tomorrow & this weekend

Goal lists out the television listings of all the major football activity from across the world

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In the UK, young, non-white people likelier to lose jobs: Survey

Think tank says younger, non-white workers are more represented in sectors that are worst-hit by coronavirus pandemic.

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Australia says women on 10 flights subjected to Qatar body search

Qatar launches investigation as Foreign Minister Marise Payne says other countries share concern over incident.

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Orange County wildfires 'may have been started by electrical equipment'

Local utility company Southern California Edison its equipment might have sparked the blaze.

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Surviving a week in Afghanistan

One violent week in a long war. Here are some of those who died and those who survived.

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US election: The Taiwan-sized challenge facing the next US president

China's ambition to retake Taiwan - possibly by force - could become a major flashpoint with the US.

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Seychelles elections: How a priest rose to become president

Wavel Ramkalawan brings his party in from 43 years in opposition to lead the island nation.

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Thai PM Prayuth says he will not resign despite protests

Months of anti-government protests have called for Prayuth's resignation and reform to powerful monarchy.

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Night 2: Police report 1,000 looters ransacking businesses after deadly police shooting

10/27/20 6:05 PM

Champions League: Records tumble for Traore as Ajax hold Atalanta

The Burkina Faso international got his maiden goal in the European elite club competition against the Serie A giants at the Gewiss Stadium

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US election: The sinking island voting for Trump

Tangier Island is on the frontline of climate change but residents say saving jobs now is the priority.

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US election 2020: The five Senate races to watch

The battle for control of the Senate is as consequential as the race for the White House.

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US election: A generational divide over Trump among Vietnamese-Americans

Young Vietnamese-Americans see things differently to elders who settled in US after the Vietnam War.

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Walter Wallace: Philadelphia calls National Guard after unrest

The US city is deploying more police after hundreds protest against the police killing of a Black man.

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Democrats, Trump confirm no US stimulus before Election Day

Donald Trump blasts House Speaker Democrat Nancy Pelosi and promises a stimulus bill after November 3.

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Picture of the day for October 28, 2020

Panoramic view of the city of Alicante from the Santa Bárbara Castle, Spain. The city has a population of aprox. 330.000 and is a popular touristic destination as it's located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The castle, located on 166 metres (545 ft)-high Mount Benacantil, dates from the 9th century.. Learn more.

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WATCH: Ex-Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski joins Tucker Carlson Tonight live right now

10/27/20 5:00 PM

Simeone praises Atletico star Joao Felix for 'complete' performance in Champions League win against Salzburg

The Portuguese talent scored twice in the win against the Austrians and his coach was delighted with his performance

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'We didn't think there'd be such drama' - Zidane expects 'difficult' season for Real Madrid after Gladbach draw

The manager aid he was proud of his players after they drew 2-2 with the German side but predicted a tough term ahead

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Transfer news and rumours LIVE: Man Utd could land Upamecano in cut-price deal

Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and around the world

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Kimmich admits Bayern were 'lucky' in Champions League win over Lokomotiv

The midfielder scored a superb winning goal against the Russian outfit in a match that pushed the defending champions to the limit

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'People want to destroy everything' - Man City boss Guardiola takes on critics after Marseille win

The Spaniard led his side to a much-needed victory in Europe in the midst of an indifferent start to their Premier League campaign

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France targets radical Islam amid row with Turkey

President Macron's crackdown on Islamists causes political waves at home and abroad.

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Social media: Is it really biased against US Republicans?

Many conservative Americans believe Facebook and Twitter are biased against them, despite denials.

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Qian Xuesen: The scientist deported from the US who helped China into space

A Chinese rocket scientist helped two superpowers reach the moon, but his story is remembered in only one of them.

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The inventor inspired by wanting to keep his daughter safe

Kim Kyeong Yeon developed his virus-destroying machine after his child injured herself.

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Trump and Africa: How Ethiopia was 'betrayed' over Nile dam

The US president has sided with Egypt in the escalating dispute over a mega dam, analysts say.

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WATCH: Amy Coney Barrett sworn in as Supreme Court associate justice at White House ceremony

10/26/20 6:06 PM

Kane-Son closing in on Drogba-Lampard’s Premier League record

The Tottenham Hotspur stars combined well to down Burnley on Monday, and are within touching distance of record set by the Chelsea greats

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Marcus Rashford free school meals campaign explained & how to sign the petition

Despite Labour's bid to extend free school meals was rejected in Commons, Rashford has been inspiring a campaign to combat child hunger

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EFF: Defending Fair Use in the Omegaverse

Defending Fair Use in the Omegaverse

Copyright law is supposed to promote creativity, not stamp out criticism. Too often, copyright owners forget that – especially when they have a convenient takedown tool like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

EFF is happy to remind them – as we did this month on behalf of Internet creator Lindsay Ellis. Ellis had posted a video about a copyright dispute between authors in a very particular fandom niche: the Omegaverse realm of wolf-kink erotica. The video tells the story of that dispute in gory and hilarious detail, while breaking down the legal issues and proceedings along the way. Techdirt called it “truly amazing.” We agree. But feel free to watch “Into the Omegaverse: How a Fanfic Trope Landed in Federal Court,” and decide for yourself.

The dispute described in the video began with a series of takedown notices to online platforms with highly dubious allegations of copyright infringement. According to these, one Omegaverse author, Zoey Ellis (no relation) had infringed the copyright of another, Addison Cain, by copying common thematic aspects of characters in the Omegaverse genre, i.e., tropes. As Ellis’ video explains, these themes not only predate Cain’s works, but are uncopyrightable as a matter of law. Further litigation ensued, and Ellis’ video explains what happened and the opinions she formed based on the publicly available records of those proceedings. Some of those opinions are scathingly critical of Ms. Cain. But the First Amendment protects scathing criticism. So does copyright law: criticism and parody are classic examples of fair use that are authorized by law. Still, as we have written many times, DMCA abuse targeting such fair uses remains a pervasive and persistent problem. 

Nevertheless, it didn’t take long for Cain to send (through counsel) outlandish allegations of copyright infringement and defamation. Soon after, Patreon and YouTube received DMCA notices from email addresses associated with Cain that raised the same allegations.

That’s when EFF stepped in. The video is a classic fair use. It uses a relatively small amount of a copyrighted work for purposes of criticism and parody in an hour-long video that consists overwhelmingly of Ellis’ original content. In short, the copyright claims were deficient as a matter of law. 

The defamation claims were also deficient, but their presence alone was cause for concern: defamation claims have no place in a DMCA notice.  If you want defamatory content taken down, you should seek a court order and satisfy the First Amendment’s rigorous requirements. Platform providers should be extremely skeptical of DMCA notices that include such claims and examine them carefully.

We explained these points in a letter to Cain’s counsel. We hoped the reminder would be well-taken. We were wrong. In response, Cain’s counsel accused EFF of colluding with the Organization for Transformative Works to undermine her client and demanded apologies from both EFF and Ellis.

As we explain in today’s response, that’s not going to happen. EFF has fought for years to protect the rights of content creators like Lindsay Ellis and we will not apologize for our commitment to this work. Nor will Ellis apologize for exercising her right to speak critically about public figures and their work. It’s past time to put an end to this entire matter.

 

Published October 27, 2020 at 01:02AM
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EFF: Content Moderation and the U.S. Election: What to Ask, What to Demand

Content Moderation and the U.S. Election: What to Ask, What to Demand

With the upcoming U.S. elections, major U.S.-based platforms have stepped up their content moderation practices, likely hoping to avoid the blame heaped upon them after the 2016 election, where many held them responsible for siloing users into ideological bubbles—and, in Facebook’s case, the Cambridge Analytica imbroglio. It’s not clear that social media played a more significant role than many other factors, including traditional media. But the techlash is real enough.

So we can’t blame them for trying, nor can we blame users for asking them to. Online disinformation is a problem that has had real consequences in the U.S. and all over the world—it has been correlated to ethnic violence in Myanmar and India and to Kenya’s 2017 elections, among other events.

But it is equally true that content moderation is a fundamentally broken system. It is inconsistent and confusing, and as layer upon layer of policy is added to a system that employs both human moderators and automated technologies, it is increasingly error-prone. Even well-meaning efforts to control misinformation inevitably end up silencing a range of dissenting voices and hindering the ability to challenge ingrained systems of oppression.

We have been watching closely as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, while disclaiming any interest in being “the arbiters of truth,” have all adjusted their policies over the past several months to try arbitrate lies—or at least flag them. And we’re worried, especially when we look abroad. Already this year, an attempt by Facebook to counter election misinformation targeting Tunisia, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, and seven other African countries resulted in the accidental removal of accounts belonging to dozens of Tunisian journalists and activists, some of whom had used the platform during the country’s 2011 revolution. While some of those users’ accounts were restored, others—mostly belonging to artists—were not.

Back in the U.S., Twitter recently blocked a New York Post article about presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son on the grounds that it was based on hacked materials, and then lifted the block two days later. After placing limits on political advertising in early September, Facebook promised not to change its policies further ahead of the elections. Three weeks later it announced changes to its political advertising policies and then blocked a range of expression it previously permitted. In both cases, users—especially users who care about their ability share and access political information—are left to wonder what might be blocked next.

Given the ever-changing moderation landscape, it’s hard to keep up. But there are some questions users and platforms can ask about every new iteration, whether or not an election is looming. Not coincidentally, many of these overlap with the Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation, a set of practices created by EFF and a small group of organizations and advocates, that social media platforms should undertake to provide transparency about why and how often they take down users’ posts, photos, videos and other content.

Is the Approach Narrowly Tailored or a Categorical Ban?

Outright censorship should not be the only answer to disinformation online. When tech companies ban an entire category of content, they have a history of overcorrecting and censoring accurate, useful speech—or, even worse, reinforcing misinformation. Any restrictions on speech should be both necessary and proportionate.

Moreover, online platforms have other ways to address the rapid spread of disinformation. For example, flagging or fact-checking content that may be of concern carries its own problems–again, it means someone—or some machine—has decided what does and does not require further review, and who is and is not an accurate fact-checker. Nonetheless, this approach has the benefit of leaving speech available for those who wish to receive it.

When a company does adopt a categorical ban, we should ask: Can the company explain what makes that category exceptional? Are the rules to define its boundaries clear and predictable, and are they backed up by consistent data? Under what conditions will other speech that challenges established consensus be removed?  Who decides what does or does not qualify as “misleading” or “inaccurate”? Who is tasked with testing and validating the potential bias of those decisions?

Does It Empower Users?

Platforms must address one of the root causes behind disinformation’s spread online: the algorithms that decide what content users see and when. And they should start by empowering users with more individualized tools that let them understand and control the information they see.

Algorithms used by Facebook’s Newsfeed or Twitter’s timeline make decisions about which news items, ads, and user-generated content to promote and which to hide. That kind of curation can play an amplifying role for some types of incendiary content, despite the efforts of platforms like Facebook to tweak their algorithms to “disincentivize” or “downrank” it. Features designed to help people find content they’ll like can too easily funnel them into a rabbit hole of disinformation.

Users shouldn’t be held hostage to a platform’s proprietary algorithm. Instead of serving everyone “one algorithm to rule them all” and giving users just a few opportunities to tweak it, platforms should open up their APIs to allow users to create their own filtering rules for their own algorithms. News outlets, educational institutions, community groups, and individuals should all be able to create their own feeds, allowing users to choose who they trust to curate their information and share their preferences with their communities.

In addition, platforms should examine the parts of their infrastructure that are acting as a megaphone for dangerous content and address that root cause of the problem rather than censoring users.

During an election season, the mistaken deletion of accurate information and commentary can have outsize consequences. Absent exigent circumstances companies must notify the user and give them an opportunity to appeal before the content is taken down. If they choose to appeal, the content should stay up until the question is resolved. Smaller platforms dedicated to serving specific communities may want to take a more aggressive approach. That’s fine, as long as Internet users have a range of meaningful options with which to engage.

Is It Transparent?

The most important parts of the puzzle here are transparency and openness. Transparency about how a platform’s algorithms work, and tools to allow users to open up and create their own feeds, are critical for wider understanding of algorithmic curation, the kind of content it can incentivize, and the consequences it can have.

In other words, actual transparency should allow outsiders to see and understand what actions are performed, and why. Meaningful transparency inherently implies openness and accountability, and cannot be satisfied by simply counting takedowns. That is to say that there is a difference between corporately sanctioned ‘transparency,’ which is inherently limited, and meaningful transparency that empowers users to understand Facebook’s actions and hold the company accountable.

Is the Policy Consistent With Human Rights Principles?

Companies should align their policies with human rights norms. In a paper published last year, David Kaye—the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression—recommends that companies adopt policies that allow users to “develop opinions, express themselves freely and access information of all kinds in a manner consistent with human rights law.” We agree, and we’re joined in that opinion by a growing international coalition of civil liberties and human rights organizations.

Content Moderation Is No Silver Bullet

We shouldn’t look to content moderators to fix problems that properly lie with flaws in the electoral system. You can’t tech your way out of problems the tech didn’t create. And even where content moderation has a role to play, history tells us to be wary. Content moderation at scale is impossible to do perfectly, and nearly impossible to do well, even under the most transparent, sensible, and fair conditions – which is one of many reasons none of these policy choices should be legal requirements. It inevitably involves difficult line-drawing and will be riddled with both mistakes and a ton of decisions that many users will disagree with. However, there are clear opportunities to make improvements and it is far past time for platforms to put these into practice.  

Published October 27, 2020 at 12:41AM
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EFF: EFF Files Comment Opposing the Department of Homeland Security's Massive Expansion of Biometric Surveillance

EFF Files Comment Opposing the Department of Homeland Security's Massive Expansion of Biometric Surveillance

EFF, joined by several leading civil liberties and immigrant rights organizations, recently filed a comment calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to withdraw a proposed rule that would exponentially expand biometrics collection from both U.S. citizens and noncitizens who apply for immigration benefits and would allow DHS to mandate the collection of face data, iris scans, palm prints, voice prints, and DNA. DHS received more than 5,000 comments in response to the proposed rule, and five U.S. Senators also demanded that DHS abandon the proposal.    

DHS’s biometrics database is already the second largest in the world. It contains biometrics from more than 260 million people. If DHS’s proposed rule takes effect, DHS estimates that it would nearly double the number of people added to that database each year, to over 6 million people. And, equally important, the rule would expand both the types of biometrics DHS collects and how DHS uses them.  

What the Rule Would Do

Currently, DHS requires applicants for certain, but not all, immigration benefits to submit fingerprints, photographs, or signatures. DHS’s proposed rule would change that regime in three significant ways.   

First, the proposed rule would make mandatory biometrics submission the default for anyone who submits an application for an immigration benefit. In addition to adding millions of non-citizens, this change would sweep in hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who file applications on behalf of family members each year. DHS also proposes to lift its restrictions on the collection of biometrics from children to allow the agency to mandate collection from children under the age of 14. 

Second, the proposed rule would expand the types of biometrics DHS can collect from applicants. The rule would explicitly give DHS the authority to collect palm prints, photographs “including facial images specifically for facial recognition, as well as photographs of physical or anatomical features such as scars, skin marks, and tattoos,” voice prints, iris images, and DNA. In addition, by proposing a new and expansive definition of the term “biometrics,” DHS is laying the groundwork to collect behavioral biometrics, which can identify a person through the analysis of their movements, such as their gait or the way they type. 

Third, the proposed rule would expand how DHS uses biometrics. The proposal states that a core goal of DHS’s expansion of biometrics collection would be to implement “enhanced and continuous vetting,” which would require immigrants “be subjected to continued and subsequent evaluation to ensure they continue to present no risk of causing harm subsequent to their entry.” This type of enhanced vetting was originally contemplated in Executive Order 13780, which also banned nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the United States. While DHS offers few details about what such a program would entail, it appears that DHS would collect biometric data as part of routine immigration applications in order to share that data with other law enforcement agencies and monitor individuals indefinitely.

The Rule Is Fatally Flawed and Must Be Stopped 

EFF and our partners oppose this proposed rule on multiple grounds. It fails to take into account the serious privacy and security risks of expanding biometrics collection; it threatens First Amendment activity; and it does not adequately address the risk of error in the technologies and databases that store biometric data. Lastly, DHS has failed to  provide sufficient justification for these drastic changes, and the proposed changes exceed DHS’s statutory authority. 

Privacy and Security Threats

The breadth of the information DHS wants to collect is massive. DHS’s new definition of biometrics would allow for virtually unbounded biometrics collection in the future, creating untold threats to privacy and personal autonomy. This is especially true of behavioral biometrics, which can be collected without a person’s knowledge or consent, expose highly personal and sensitive information about a person beyond mere identity, and allow for tracking on a mass scale. Notably, both Democratic and Republican members of Congress have condemned China’s similar use of biometrics to track the Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang.

Of the new types of biometrics DHS plans to collect, DNA collection presents unique threats to privacy. Unlike other biometrics such as fingerprints, DNA contains our most private and personal information. DHS plans to collect DNA specifically to determine genetic family relationships and will store that relationship information with each DNA profile, thus allowing the agency to identify and map immigrant families and, eventually over time, whole immigrant communities. DHS suggests that it will store DNA data indefinitely and makes clear that it retains the authority to share this data with law enforcement. Sharing this data with law enforcement only increases the risk those required to give samples will be erroneously linked to a crime, while exacerbating problems related to the disproportionate number of people of color whose samples are included in government DNA databases. 

Not only is the government’s increased collection of highly sensitive personal data troubling because of the ways the government might use it, but also because that data could end up in the hands of bad actors. Put simply, DHS has not demonstrated that it can keep biometrics safe. For example, just last month, DHS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the agency’s inadequate security practices enabled bad actors to steal nearly 200,000 travelers’ face images from a subcontractor’s computers. A Government Accountability Office report similarly “identified long-standing challenges in CBP’s efforts to develop and implement [its biometric entry and exit] system.” There have also been serious security breaches from insiders at USCIS. And other federal agencies have had similar challenges in securing biometric data: in 2015, sensitive data on more than 25 million people stored in the Office of Personnel Management databases was stolen. And, as the multiple security breaches of India’s Aadhar national biometric database have shown in the international context, these breaches can make millions of individuals subject to fraud and identity theft.

The risk of security breaches to children’s biometrics is especially acute. A recent U.S. Senate Commerce Committee report collects a number of studies that “indicate that large numbers of children in the United States are victims of identity theft.” Breaches of children’s biometric data further exacerbate this security risk because biometrics cannot be changed. As a recent UNICEF report explains, the collection of children’s biometric information exposes them to “lifelong data risks” that are not possible to presently evaluate. Never before has biometric information been collected from birth, and we do not know how the data collected today will be used in the future.

First Amendment Risks

This massive collection of biometric data—and the danger that it could be leaked—places a significant burden on First Amendment activity. By collecting and retaining biometric data like face recognition and sharing it broadly with federal, state, and local agencies, as well as with contractors and foreign governments, DHS lays the groundwork for a vast surveillance and tracking network that could impact individuals and communities for years to come. DHS could soon build a database large enough to identify and track all people in public places, without their knowledge—not just in places the agency oversees, like at the border, but anywhere there are cameras. This burden falls disproportionately on communities of color, immigrants, religious minorities, and other marginalized groups that are the most likely to encounter DHS. 

If immigrants and their U.S. citizen and permanent resident family members know the government can request, retain, and share with other law enforcement agencies their most intimate biometric information at every stage of the immigration lifecycle, many may self-censor and refrain from asserting their First Amendment rights. Studies show that surveillance systems and the overcollection of data by the government chill expressive and religious activity. For example, in 2013, a study involving Muslims in New York and New Jersey found excessive police surveillance in Muslim communities had a significant chilling effect on First Amendment-protected activities.

Problems with Biometric Technology

DHS’s decision to move forward with biometrics expansion is also questionable because the agency fails to consider the lack of reliability of many biometric technologies and the databases that store this information. One of the methods DHS proposes to employ to collect DNA, known as Rapid DNA, has been shown to be error prone. Meanwhile, studies have found significant error rates across face recognition systems for people with darker skin, and especially for Black women. 

Moreover, it remains far from clear that collecting more biometrics will make DHS’s already flawed databases any more accurate. In fact, in a recent case challenging the reliability of DHS databases, a federal district court found that independent investigations of several DHS databases highlighted high error rates within the systems. For example, in 2017, the DHS OIG found that the database used for information about visa overstays was wrong 42 percent of the time. Other databases used to identify lawful permanent residents and people with protected status had a 30 percent error rate.

DHS’s Flawed Justification

DHS has offered little justification for this massive expansion of biometric data collection. In the proposed rule, DHS suggests that the new system will “provide DHS with the improved ability to identify and limit fraud.” However, the scant evidence that DHS offers to demonstrate the existence of fraud cannot justify its expansive changes. For example, DHS purports to justify its collection of DNA from children based on the fact that there were “432 incidents of fraudulent family claims” between July 1, 2019 and November 7, 2019 along the southern border. Not only does DHS not define what constitutes a “fraudulent family,” but also it leaves out that during that same period, an estimated 100,000 family units crossed the southern border, meaning that the so-called “fraudulent family” units made up less than one-half of one percent of all family crossings. And we’ve seen this before: the Trump administration has a troubling record of raising false alarms about fraud in the immigration context.

In addition, DHS does not address the privacy costs discussed in depth above. The proposed rule merely notes that “[t]here could be some unquantified impacts related to privacy concerns for risks associated with the collection.” And of course, the changes would come at a considerable financial cost to taxpayers, at a time when USCIS is already experiencing fiscal challenges. Even with the millions of dollars in new fees USCIS will collect, the rule is estimated to cost anywhere from $2.25 to $5 billion over the next 10 years. DHS also notes that additional costs could manifest.

Beyond DHS’s Mandate

Congress has not given DHS the authority to expand biometrics collection in this manner. When Congress has wanted DHS to use biometrics, it has said so clearly. For example, after 9/11, Congress directed DHS to “develop a plan to accelerate the full implementation of an automated biometric entry and exit data system.” But DHS can point to no such authorization in this instance. In fact, Congress is actively considering measures to restrict the government’s use of biometrics. It is not the place for a federal agency to supersede debate in Congress. Elected lawmakers must resolve these important matters through the democratic process before DHS can put forward a proposal like the proposed rule, which seeks to perform an end run around the democratic process.    

What’s Next

If DHS makes this rule final, Congress has the power to block it from taking effect. We hope that DHS will take seriously our comments. But if it doesn’t, Congress will be hearing from us and our members.

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Published October 22, 2020 at 11:34PM
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Eyeing China, Australia joins ‘Quad’ drill with US, Japan, India

Military exercises set to take place in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea are likely to upset China.

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Man Utd star Pogba is one of the world's best midfielders, says PSG coach Tuchel

The Red Devils midfielder was praised by the Ligue 1 champions coach and a former team-mate

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Coronavirus: Argentina's confirmed cases surpass one million

The South American nation becomes the fifth country in the world to reach the grim milestone.

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